Por: Paul Young

Paul Young — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The ultimate flashlight
This is the best flashlight I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned many of them.I’ve had several LED lights that were very handy for getting around at night and were remarkably efficient and economical regarding battery usage, but none could seriously replace an upscale traditional flashlight.Streamlight makes extremely good products. I still have two SL-20X models, one of which is more than ten years old and they are excellent flashlights, but the Stinger LED HP sets a whole new standard.The beam of the Stinger LED HP is unbelievably bright and is perfectly distributed in a circle, as opposed to some lights that have rings and dark spots and all sorts of other annoyances. That would be good enough, but the Stinger also projects a diffused and much dimmer beam that covers a wide area around the concentrated spot. It’s hard to explain how useful that is until you have seen it. It is roughly equivalent to giving you peripheral vision at night.The beam is much closer to the white end of the spectrum than that of an incandescent flashlight, which for some reason makes everything seem clearer. I have also noticed that when tracking a wounded animal that the blood trail almost jumps out at you. It’s amazing.Streamlight has made a major improvement in their charging stations by making the flashlight snap in to the charger, rather than depending on the weight of the light to make contact. Because of that, you can mount vehicle chargers horizontally, on your transmission hump, for example, and the light will stay in the charger no matter how many bumps you hit. Great idea.The light has three levels of brightness that are controlled by how long you hold down the switch. One may wonder why you would ever want less light, but the LED HP is so bright that when tracking, or just casually walking less light is actually better. Indeed, if I were designing the light I would have included an even dimmer fourth setting.There is also a rapidly flashing option that is accessed by pressing the switch twice in rapid succession. It’s rather disorienting, so I assume it has a defensive function, though I’ve never had anyone try it on me. What the heck, if you don’t need it don’t use it, but if you do it’s there.If there is anything bad to say about this light I don’t know what it is. Again, it’s the best flashlight I’ve ever owned.

Por: Eric

Eric — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They made a great product better
I have owned quite a few Stinger flashlights over the years for use at home and work. They have held up under some of the most extreme use imaginable and have always kept working. The ones I have killed were all well used and usually it is the switch module that’s given up the ghost. I’ve also been able to resist most of the marketing hype trying to get us to buy all the “new” upgraded lights and extra bells and whistles (I did buy an HP light module for my Ultra Stinger). So when this last Stinger quit a few months ago I thought, “What the heck, I’ll try one of the new C4 LED models.” All I can say is wow, this thing isn’t just a module you add on, it is built tough and is incredibly bright. It is also much easier on the battery sticks, I haven’t been focused on the exact times but a battery seems to last a noticeable longer time in the LED unit compared to the original style lights. The C4 lights aren’t much bigger than the original units either so they fit in the holders or tool belt loops without having to go out and buy new ones. Kudos to Streamlight for doing this, it seems the corporate trend over the years has been to slightly change the designs of their equipment so none of the accessories will work with different models, even ones released in the same year occasionally. Anyway this is a long winded way of saying the LED Stingers are well worth the investment, you won’t be disappointed!

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Por: Paul Young

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